Can excessive exercise cause amenorrhea?

Whether male or female, physical exercise cannot be ignored, because insisting on exercise can better help us improve our body's resistance and effectively prevent the harm of some adverse diseases. However, sometimes if we exercise too much, it will cause adverse harm to our health. For example, some women are prone to amenorrhea due to excessive exercise.

Generally, women are relatively quiet during menstruation, after all, they cannot exercise a lot at this time. Because a lot of analysis and observations have shown that during the rigorous and serious training of athletes, many people's menstruation will become irregular, and some will even stop completely. For adolescent girls, the proportion of those with menstrual abnormalities is higher when they exercise at a higher intensity, which is often manifested as delayed menarche, irregular periods, secondary amenorrhea, etc. And the more exercise you do, the later the age of menarche. Although the reasons have not yet been fully understood, experts from Nanning Metropolis Beauty Hospital remind female friends to pay attention to the following factors.

1. Exercise, like weight loss, will lead to a reduction in body fat. Women need a minimum amount of fat to maintain menstruation. If your body weight is 10% to 15% lower than the normal weight, or the proportion of body fat is too low, less than 17% of body weight, the body lacks fat to produce the raw materials for estrogen, which affects the normal level of estrogen and interferes with the formation and cycle of normal menstruation. When fat mass is too low, it can also cause the body to convert normal estrogen into another inactive estrogen. This inactive estrogen cannot transmit messages to the brain, so menstruation function stops. Rigorous exercise training not only leads to weight loss, but also puts a lot of stress on the body. Some scholars believe that when the body is under stress, it shuts down menstruation to avoid pregnancy in a fearful or chaotic environment.

2. Exercise increases the level of endorphins in the brain, which is a naturally occurring sedative in the body. At the same time, it can make people feel euphoric. Interestingly, endorphins have a more potent euphoric effect on the brain than pure morphine. This may be why people feel relaxed and happy after intense exercise. However, high concentrations of endorphins can affect the normal hormone function of the brain and the menstrual cycle. These factors may cause a decrease in estrogen, cessation of ovulation and cessation of menstruation.

The impact and harm caused by excessive exercise are relatively large, so I still hope that after the above-mentioned content is broken down and introduced, everyone can have a more comprehensive understanding of these common sense. You must pay attention to moderate exercise, and when you encounter these adverse problems, you must also solve them scientifically.